How To Install vim-merlin on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-merlin in Fedora 36. vim-merlin is Context sensitive completion for OCaml in Vim

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-merlin on Fedora 36.

What is `vim-merlin`

Merlin is an assistant for editing OCaml code. It aims to provide the features available in modern IDEs source browsing and much more. This package contains the Vim interface to merlin.

We can use yum or dnf to install vim-merlin on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install vim-merlin.

Install vim-merlin on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install vim-merlin using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install vim-merlin

Install vim-merlin on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install vim-merlin using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install vim-merlin

How To Uninstall vim-merlin on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the vim-merlin package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove vim-merlin

vim-merlin Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/ctrlp
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/ctrlp/locate.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/ctrlp/outline.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/merlin.py
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/merlin.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/merlin_find.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/merlin_type.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/merlin_visual.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/neomake
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/neomake/makers
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/neomake/makers/ft
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/autoload/neomake/makers/ft/ocaml.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/doc/merlin.txt
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/ftdetect/merlin.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/ftplugin/merlin.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/ftplugin/ocaml.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/ftplugin/omlet.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/ftplugin/reason.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/plugin/merlin.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/syntax/merlin.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/syntax_checkers/ocaml
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/syntax_checkers/ocaml/merlin.vim
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/syntax_checkers/omlet
/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/syntax_checkers/omlet/merlin.vim

References

vim-merlin website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-merlin on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).